diff --git a/lib/database/open b/lib/database/open
index e9d2b6a..8b2e7c3 100644
--- a/lib/database/open
+++ b/lib/database/open
@@ -6,7 +6,8 @@ openDatabase() {
 	[[ -f "$database" ]] || populate_db=1
 	rm -f "$tempdir"/sqlite.{in,out}
 	mkfifo "$tempdir"/sqlite.{in,out}
-	sqlite3 -bail "$database"	\
+	sqlite3 -bail -newline $'\0'	\
+		"$database"		\
 		< "$tempdir/sqlite.in"	\
 		> "$tempdir/sqlite.out"	&
 	db_pid=$!
@@ -24,7 +25,7 @@ openDatabase() {
 	echo 'PRAGMA recursive_triggers = ON;' >&3
 	echo 'PRAGMA temp_store = 2;' >&3
 	echo 'PRAGMA locking_mode = EXCLUSIVE;' >&3
-	read -u4
+	read -u4 -d $'\0'
 	unset REPLY
 	checkDatabaseVersion
 }